Artist Development Advisor
Renée Fleming, the incomparable and internationally acclaimed soprano, joins Wolf Trap Opera (WTO) as Artist Development Advisor. With her bold vision and deep passion for nurturing the next generation of singers, she will help shape the future of opera at the nation’s premier training ground for emerging opera talent.
In this role, Fleming will personally enhance WTO’s training programs with immersive guidance, seamlessly blending performance opportunities with mentorship. Over the next three years, she will launch a series of initiatives that reflect her commitment to developing rising artists. This summer her partnership will commence by working directly with WTO artists in individual and group settings, addressing topics such as audition skills and breadth of repertoire, equipping young artists with the skills to thrive in the opera industry.
- American Impressions: Fleming will connect WTO artists and composers at the forefront of contemporary American opera in study and performance opportunities.
- NexGen: Fleming will hand-select members of the 2025 company and mentor them in planning and performing a recital at The Barns at Wolf Trap during the 2025-2026 season.
“One of the most rewarding things about opera and classical music is the tradition of each generation nurturing the next group of rising artists. I am delighted to be expanding my mentorship of young singers with a new role at Wolf Trap Opera (WTO),” said Renée Fleming, Artist Development Advisor for Wolf Trap Opera. “Each summer, the WTO program attracts some of the most gifted young vocalists in the world, and I am looking forward helping these phenomenally talented singers grow and develop their artistry.”
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Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s great opera houses and concert halls. A 2023 Kennedy Center Honoree, winner of five Grammy Awards, and recipient of the US National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Super Bowl. In 2023, the World Health Organization appointed her as Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health, and she was recognized with the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum at Davos, where this year she became an inaugural member of the Global Arts and Culture Council.
Fleming received the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo for her album
Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene. She is currently touring with a concert program inspired by the album, with a special film created for the performance by the National Geographic Society. In May at the Metropolitan Opera, Fleming starred in
The Hours, an opera based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and award-winning film. In 2023, Decca released a special double-length album of live recordings from Fleming’s iconic performances at the Metropolitan Opera,
Renée Fleming: Greatest Moments at the Met. Her voice is featured on the soundtracks of Best Picture Oscar winners
The Shape of Water and
The Lord of the Rings.
Fleming’s anthology,
Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness, was published in April 2024. A prominent advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health, and neuroscience, as Artistic Advisor to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Fleming launched the first ongoing collaboration between America’s national cultural center and its largest health research institute, the National Institutes of Health. She created her own program called Music and the Mind, which she has presented in more than 60 cities around the world. She is now a founding advisor for major initiatives in the field, including the Sound Health Network at UC San Francisco and the NeuroArts Blueprint with Johns Hopkins University and The Aspen Institute.
Advisor for Special Projects at LA Opera, Fleming is also Co-Artistic Director of the Aspen Opera Center and VocalArts at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Her other awards include Germany’s Cross of the Order of Merit, the Polar Music Prize, the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, and honorary doctorates from ten leading universities.
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